Sep 22 2010
I’ve always thought that Antarctica will be the most physically difficult expedition of all our 7 10DL expeditions. Until now I never had a structured way of thinking about how to measure “difficulty”. From a energy expenditure perspective, Antarctica will be the hardest. Here’s how I performed my calculations. 1. The first step is to [...]
Oct 29 2008
Last night I swam in black glass. We jumped into the San Francisco Bay ocean water after dark. It was so darn peaceful as the light of the Ghirardelli Chocholate Factory shone across the black glassy water. These are the nights that can make any workday worth living. It was a wonderful cold water training swim. My [...]
Jul 16 2008
14 hours 23 minutes We made it! Everyone helped! It was awesome! It was a gorgeous day for a swim from England to France. The middle map pretty well tells the story of our relay swim across the English Channel. We started the morning off strong on Shakespeare Beach and finished the day cold and [...]
Jun 29 2008
Ride stats today Perth to Edinburg 60 miles 3000 feet climbed 1 huge bridge 1500 sheep Our blog today will come in the form of 3 videos. We’re too tired to blog. Short version…Ride today was scheduled to be 40 miles. Arrived at Edinburgh bridge (5 miles to hotel) at 2 PM. Arrived at hotel [...]
Jun 11 2008
It’s coming down to D-day. Less than two weeks! This past weekend, in final preps for our journey, I left the loving comfort of my family and my new Denver home and headed west to the land of fruit and nuts. The San Francisco Bay is a phenomenal training ground for the Channel. The water [...]
Apr 28 2008
The water temp in the English Channel has begun to rise above 50F. This is the natural spring-time tendency of the channel and it’s great news for us swimmers. NOAA shows us water temps, conditions and neat little graphs that I wish had a longer time-scale. Wind Direction (WDIR): SSW ( 210 deg true ) [...]
Adam, Neal, & Amy
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